Centauria cyanus
In contrast with MSS' "black" blue cornflower, my own blue cornflower finally opened its first bloom yesterday, in time with my satsuma. Apparently these are also known as bachelors buttons, but like MSS, I identify bachelors buttons as Gomphrena globosa, which is the more common flower here in Texas. I knew what I was planting when I put these seeds in the ground last fall, but I'd rather forgotten about them by the time they started growing this spring. The tall, spindly plants, with green-silver leaves, were somewhat close to getting pulled as weeds out of the edges of my vegetable garden, but since they weren't spiky and didn't look like they'd give me a rash, I figured I'd let them grow so I could be certain what they were. As isolated as they were, I suspected they might be a long-forgotten planting of mine.
I'm slowly learning to be more organized in my planting, but it may take a couple more years to make a convert of me.
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Hi Rachel - I was in the middle of reading MSS post at Zanthan and popped over to see your success with seeds ;-]
In Illinois these were called Bachelor Buttons and were usually blue with an occasional white or pink. Some gardening friends up there called gomphrenas "globe strawflowers", growing the variety 'Strawberry Fields' to use in dried flower crafts.
Better go finish reading M's post!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
I used to grow these in Wisconsin. I'm such a sucker for blue flowers. I tend to have lousy success with seeds, but I threw down maybe three packs of Bachelor's Button seeds in November, and I think maybe three seeds sprouted, so my fingers are crossed.